WESTERN PROVINCE

NYAMASHEKE — Residents of Nyamasheke District have been called upon to always participate in government programmes geared at eradicating poverty.

The call was made by a group of students studying at the National University of Rwanda (NUR) who hail from Nyamasheke District during their recent visit to the area.

Led by Jerome Ndayambaje the students urged residents of Kagarama cell in Karambi Sector, to always embrace government policies and work hard to improve their living standards.

"Its very crucial for you as future focused residents of Nyamasheke to always participate in all government programmes  in order to enable our district to achieve uniform development.  And to work hard in order to eradicate poverty and live better living standards tomorrow,” Ndayambaje said.

He also advised residents to form up income generating business cooperatives as a way to fight poverty. On family planning, the students asked residents to adopt family planning methods which would help them to have small manageable families.

There is need to discard genocide ideology and its related crimes the students said. They urged residents to shun people still harboring the vice and in stead foster peace, unity and reconciliation among each other.

Speaking at the same occasion, Catherine Gatete, the district vice Mayor in charge of social affairs, implored residents to work with government authorities in community policing in order to prevent criminal tendencies.

Gatete observed that residents should act as security watchdogs of each other and always report, suspicious cases to concerned authorities in time in order to maintain security.

On poverty, the vice Mayor asked residents to embrace economic revolution and to enroll their children in school.

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